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Re: [TR] TR4 "Sputtering"

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Subject: Re: [TR] TR4 "Sputtering"
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:42:46 -0700
> The little screws which spear the wires do not make a very good
> contact
> with the carbon core and eventually fail

I agree; first place I'd look.  A simple test, worth doing at every tune-up
IMO, is to use your DMM to measure the resistance from the terminal inside
the cap to the connector for the spark plug (cap & wires removed from the
car, obviously).

If you do find a bad wire, best to replace the rotor as well.  A bad wire
puts extra electrical stress on the rotor, and a carbon track is virtually
impossible to see.

-- Randall 
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